Owned by New Jersey Transit Tracks 1 Structure type Elevated Platforms in use 1 | Line(s) Atlantic City Line Connections NJT Bus: 508, 554, 559 Owner NJ Transit | |
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Location South Station Avenue and Ohio Avenue
Absecon, New Jersey Address Absecon, NJ 08201, United States Similar Benson Street station, Highland Avenue station, Annandale station, Mountain Avenue Station, Ramsey station | ||
Absecon station is a New Jersey Transit station in Absecon, New Jersey on the Atlantic City Line. It is located at Station and Ohio Avenues.
In 1938, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities ordered the elimination of grade crossings in Absecon. The project was more than a mile long and covered five crossings. By this time, the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines (who owned it at the time) was five years old. the railroad was already working on acquiring land in August of that year. Due to the need to span Absecon Creek and Shore Road, an 'unusual' concrete and steel trestle was planned. It appears that the project was funded, at least in part, by the Public Works Administration. In March 1940, the project reportedly cost $1.5 million and included a 'fireproof' station level with the elevated tracks. Even with the 1989 upgrade of the line owned by New Jersey Transit, most of the Absecon Station still survives 72 years later.